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BUGGY SEAT. No. 295,143. Patented Mar. 18, 1884.

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WILLIAM \V. BALL, OF INDIANAPOLIfi, INDIANA, ASSlG-NOB OF ONE-'HALF TOADDISON W. BALL, OF SAME PLACE.

BUGGY-SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,143, dated March18, 1884.

Application filed January 9, 1884. (No model.)

To. all whom? it may concern:

I the back and sides'a short distance, and thus be Be it known that I,TILLIAM. W. BALL, of adapted to be secured to said back and sides thecity of Indianapolis, county of Marion, and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Buggy- -Seats, of whichthe following is a specification.

My said invention principally consists in an improved corner-piece forbuggy-seats, by whichv the corner is'protected and the sides and back ofthe seat securely fastened to the bottom.

It further consists in an improved means for securing the shifting-railto the seat, consisting of ears on said corner-piece and other similarsupports.

My said invention will be first fully de scribed, and then pointed outin theclaims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof,and on which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts,Figiire I is a perspective View of a seat embodying my said invention;Fig. 2, a top .or plan View thereof, a portion being broken away at onecorner to show the corner-piece more plainly; Fig. 3, a diagonalvertical section on the dotted line 2 z, and Fig. 4 a per spective viewof the corner-piece separately.

In said drawings, the portions marked A represent the bottom of theseat; 13, the sides and back; 0, my improved corner-piece, and D theshifti ig'rail. i The bottom A and sides and back B are similar to thecorresponding parts in ordinary oarriage-seats, and need no specialdescription.

The corner-pieces O are of a peculiar formation. The lower end is spreadout and formed to fit over the corner of the bottom A, to which it isattached by screws, as shown, and is thus both firmly attached theretoand serves to secure said corner together. They are then en.- smalledand extend up in the form of angleirons around the outside of thecorners, where the back and sides come together, securing said partsfirmly, and serving as a protection therefor after the seat is finished.The top ends are spread out into ears 0, one of which on each ishooked'to pass under the rail D and the other to pass over it, thussecuring said rail at the corners without other fastenings, These earsshould also extend down alongside by screws orrivets 0. These cornerpieces,

, besides serving the aforementioned purposes,

are great aids during the process of building the seat, as, after beingsecured to the bottom, they are adapted to hold the sides and back inplace while the latter are being fastened, without the aid of the usualclamps or stays, it being only necessary to fit said back and sides 6cand place them in position inside of said cornor-pieces, when, as willbe readily seen, they will be sufficiently held in position to enablethe workman to fasten them without dificulty.

The rail D is formed of a single rod carried from the front edge of oneside of the seat around the top of the sides and back to a corresponding point on the other side, passing through the books on thecorner-pieces G and through other hooks, b, on the back B, and beingthus supported. At the ends it is turned up at right angles andscrew-threaded, and

these turned-up ends pass up through eyes in projecting ends of theangle-irons b or similar parts, and have nuts (Z on their ends. Bysimply removing these nuts and springing the ends of the rail down, saidrail can be readily detached from the seat, which is a much simpleroperation than removing the numerous bolts and screws usually employedto secure 8o these rails.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the bottom, sides,

and back of a bugg seat, of corner-pieces G, which cover the corners ofsaid sides and back and extend under the same over the corners of saidbottom, and thus secure the parts of the seat together and protect thecorners of the same, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the bottom, sides, and back of a buggy seat, ofcorner-pieces widened at the lower end and formed to cover the cornersof said bottom and be secured thereto, 9 5 and extend thence up over theoutside of the corners of the back and sides, substantially asdescribed, and for the purposes specified.

3. In a buggy-seat, a corner-piece, C, havings ears 0, formed into hooksto support the mo substantial] y as setlforth.

hooks, and the shifting rail mounted in said hooks, and thus secured inposition, substan' tially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my I 5 shifting-rail, inCombination .With said rail, I

4. The combination of the usual seat parts, the shifting-rail, and aseries of hooks on the seatassupports forsaid raihpartsofsaid hooks Ihand and seal, at Indianapolis, Indiana, thi being curved to pass undersaid rail and apart I 4th day of January, A. D. 1884. over it,thusseouring it firmlyin position without the use of other fastenings,except at the ends, substantially asset forth.

5. Thecombinationoftheordinaryseat parts,

WVILLIAM W. BALL. [L. s]

In presence of G. BRADFORD,

A B, the corner-pieces thereon, provided with CHAS. L. THURBER.

